https://www.grandprix247.com/2018/12/10 ... e-drivers/
For the posters who keep blaming the drivers for williams problems. This coming from everyone's favorite ( kubica)
Good article. Tough question- when you have two inexperienced drivers who say something is wrong, how much weight do you give to their opinion? Looks like Williams got this wrong for a significant amount of time, but it's not an easy situation. But this conundrum is arguably Williams' own fault for going with two inexperienced drivers.sprint car76 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 10, 2018 8:46 pmhttps://www.grandprix247.com/2018/12/10 ... e-drivers/
For the posters who keep blaming the drivers for williams problems. This coming from everyone's favorite ( kubica)
Isn't he a shareholder as well as his official position? Presumably makes it a lot harder to get rid of him even IF they wanted to.sprint car76 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 13, 2018 7:37 amI can't believe that paddy is still around since this was his car.
It is also probably not a good idea to get rid of everyone who 'made the mistake' as they have done it once and are less likely to trip up in the same place again (soon) where as a complete new crew do not know the signs already missed this time.adrianjordan wrote: ↑Thu Dec 13, 2018 1:09 pmIsn't he a shareholder as well as his official position? Presumably makes it a lot harder to get rid of him even IF they wanted to.sprint car76 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 13, 2018 7:37 amI can't believe that paddy is still around since this was his car.
This surprises me a little, as in Paddy’s interview in Racecar Engineer he said it was obvious from the moment the car turned a wheel that they were in serious trouble. Mark Hughes reported something similar. Kubica has form on ‘the engineers didn’t listen’ which I’m taking with a small pinch of salt for now.sprint car76 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 10, 2018 8:46 pmhttps://www.grandprix247.com/2018/12/10 ... e-drivers/
For the posters who keep blaming the drivers for williams problems. This coming from everyone's favorite ( kubica)
So forget that Williams were a top team in 2014 yet remember a lucky victory two years priordren wrote: ↑Mon Dec 17, 2018 12:14 pmPaddy Lowe: “Our last victory was back in 2012 with Pastor Maldonado in Spain and the last victory before that was in 2004. That was a long time ago. "My conclusion: our performance has been poor for years. You need changes in the organization, but these do not take effect immediately. Williams has been too static."
Didn't red bull suffer when adiren was making speedboats.Big Tea wrote: ↑Mon Dec 17, 2018 12:40 pmI thought at the time Williams began falling, they seemed to be getting involved in other outside projects.
Also with Mclaren and their demise, they both began about the time they began getting serious about their road car
I know we keep getting told that it is 'a separate part of the company to F1' but the timing is about right.
There must be some redirection of 'brains and management' into the other projects, and the ready pool is the F1 side.
I’m not sure. Williams has had irons in all sorts of fires over the years, including when it was dominant in f1 as well as not doing so well. There was the BTCC tie-up with Renault in the mid- 90s, the World Sports Car thing with BMW in 98-99 and Williams Hybrid Power KERS systems from 2010-14, just off the top of my head. I can’t help feeling that if this year has shown anything, it’s the need to have the right people in the right roles rather than just numbers of bodies.Big Tea wrote: ↑Mon Dec 17, 2018 12:40 pmI thought at the time Williams began falling, they seemed to be getting involved in other outside projects.
Also with Mclaren and their demise, they both began about the time they began getting serious about their road car
I know we keep getting told that it is 'a separate part of the company to F1' but the timing is about right.
There must be some redirection of 'brains and management' into the other projects, and the ready pool is the F1 side.